New Species of Hummingbird

By Corey • May 17, 2007 • 1 comment

A new species of hummingbird has been discovered in Columbia! The Gorgeted Puffleg Eriocnemis isabellae is already considered endangered, mostly because of slash-and-burn coca farmers displaced by the U.S. sponsored coca eradication efforts in other parts of Columbia. For more information about hummingbirds in Columbia (the birdiest country in the world) visit the Columbian Hummingbird Conservancy.

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Corey

Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative or spending time with his family. He lives in Forest Hills with Daisy, their son, Desmond Shearwater, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

One Response to “New Species of Hummingbird”

Stephanie May 17th, 2007 at 10:20 am
OooOOooh hummingbirds!!! sean would be excited to know this. he’s obsessed with them!

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